Tim Bromund

It depends on the vendor. At least a couple will have wireless card readers to accept credit cards. Most will probably be cash/check only I would guess.. Hopefully some of the vendors will chime in. I know ITO flies will be able to accept Credit Cards through a reader on his smartpone, and I believe Pete Alex (Great Lakes Tackle Shop) usually has a card reader also. Tim

Carl, is there a particular time of day for the Carbon 14? I can't catch a fish on it. Tim

Nitro, are you talking about the original Accudepth, or their replacement the Accudepth Plus? The drags on the original Accudepth were junk, which is why they only lasted a coulpe seasons, but the ADP drages are super.

I haven't used the Convectors, but I've used the Accudepth Plus 47 LCs for my braid and mono divers for 5 years now and they have been super reels, excellent drags on them. Tim

Pap, you shouldn't take that personally. I think most of us read just about every post on the board, but if we don't have anything of value to offer in response, we don't spew unhelpful nonsesne just to raise our post count. I know I don't (though I'm sure some people find the advice I DO offer to be of dubious value ). Tim

No, sorry, I was talking about this one: Post #13 as much as we talk about what we like to use a stick bait is a stick bait a spoon is a spoon I took that to mean that you were saying that color and pattern were irrelevent, just throw anything out there. If that wasn't what you meant, sorry bout that, my bad, that's the way I took it. That was what I was saying was ludicrous and what I was responding to. Peace, Tim

that's not what I was saying, but you just enjoy yourself. I was referring to your pathetically ambiguous initial response.

Yeah, whatever

very different water on one end of the lake to the other and colors and patterns absolutely DO make a difference.. It is very well established, for example, that flasher/fly combos that kick ass on the east end can't buy a fish out west and vice verse. But seriously I thought you were saying that patterns and brands/styles have no relevence, which is preposterous. For instance, there is a world of difference between where, when, how and under what conditions to run say, an orange/gold J7 Rapala, and a 4" silver/blue Smithwick. Tim

Sorry, that's incorrect

It depends on the vendor. At least a couple will have wireless card readers to accept credit cards. Most will probably be cash/check only I would guess.

Thanks John, I got your email. looks like my PM box was full, I freed up some space. Tim

Well, guys we did end up adding a second room of vendors (the smaller room across the hall from the Seminar Room) Here is the Vendor List and Table Layout for the Expo. http://www.lotsa.org/TABLE%20ASSIGNMENTS%202013%204H%20LAYOUT%20FINAL.pdf Also don't forget to check the Expo Pages on our website for the list of Door Prize Sponsors this year and to check out the "Expo Participants" Lists on the Expo page for Vendor Show Specials, which are starting to roll in and will be updated daily from now until the Expo. http://www.lotsa.org/2013_LOTSA_EXPO.htm As withthe past couple years, we will be conduction a Lake Ontario Beginners Class in the Morning in the Seminar Room and a Kids Fishing Clinic in the Afternoon in the Seminar Room. Since there's no way to cover everything we need to in any kind of in depth in an hour and a half, The Beginners class at the Expo will be part 1 of a 2 part Free Seminar, with the follow up taking place on March 9 at the Newfane Community Center. Thanks Everyone and we'll see you next weekend. Tim

Everything looks great Chad, and many congrats on the pending addition :yes:

Both NK and Bobby fuller will be at the LOTSA Expo on the 24th, as will Koyote Ugly Spoon Co. Tim

There are frequencies dedicated to emergency communication and hailing, and there are frequencies that are ok for recreational use. Your radio will come with an owners manual that should have the listing of available frequencies and the restrictions. Try chatting on channel 16 and the Coasties will put a stop to it quick as that is the channel for hailing the CG and for emergency transmissions. 9 is primarily used as a hailing channel as well. Most ports have a favorite channel for chatting, typically 68 or 72. 16 is also used to hail another boat or a marina and then redirect to another channel once contact is made. IMO any DSC radio will work, I currently have a Standard Horizon and an very happy with it. The antenna is far more important. I an a big fan of the 8' Shakespeare Galaxy 5225 XT. I wouldn't go lower quality than the Galaxy Series, personally. Definitely get an 8'. VHF is "line of sight" transmission, so if your antenna cannot directly see the antenna of the boat you want to talk to (due to distance and the curve of the earth) you won't be able to communicate. That won't be a problem with the CG as they have high mounted antenna's at their stations so that they pretty much have continual coverage in their service area. Definitely get your MMSI number for the DSC radio and connect the radio to your GPS through the NMEA connection (either 0183 or 2000, whatever your system supports) so that in the event of an emergency when you activate the DSC alert, it will send both your lat/long data to the CG (and any other DSC equipped radio/boat within your broadcast range) along with the description of your vessel that you included when you registered for the MMSI number. Another little used feature of the DSC capability is that it will also let you talk privately between yourself and your friends DSC Radio equipped boat, if you have each others MMSI number entered into the radio's memory. Tim

yeah what bout time said, tie a regular arbor knot like you would for mono, but them put a wrap of electrical or duct tape over the knot and line to keep the wire from spinning on the spool. also true about winding it as tight as possible, but it still won't be tight enough, before you use it you need to head out to deep water and let all the wire out with a pound lead ball or tripped diver and reel it all back in under that tension to make sure it is tight on the spool. There's nothing worse than having a screaming king on and having the wire dig into the spool and bind up because the wire was loosely wound on the reel. Tim

Definitely should be kings around Olcott in early May was well, though it kind of depends on the wind direction. In the spring you look for the warmest water available and a couple days of east wind will push the water and fish west towards the Niagara Bar and possibly into Canadian waters on the other side of the river. You'll have plenty of company that time of year whatever port you fish out of as the spring LOC derby will be going on (May 3-12) so if there are kings around, you'll know where they are dipsys, riggers and lead cores off of planers will be good presentations that time of year. Spoons work great in the spring.

Olcott is my home port. There isn't a port on the lake I'd rather fish out of from late June - mid August, though Oak Orchard would be a close second. I keep my boat slipped in the Town of Newfane Marina, but they also have just about the nicest launch ramps on the lake. In the summertime, it is not a far run at all for the fish, and they can normally be found in 60-200 fow which is less than 2 miles offshore. I usually run out to 60 fow, set down and start trolling on a NW heading as I set lines. Feel free to ask any questions. Tim

you could always order direct from Eppinger. Not cheap, but they're available. Maybe find some friends to go in on an order as they have a volume discount (10% on 6, 25% on a dozen) http://www.eppinger.net/cgi-bin/index.pl?fs=1&mp=1&init=1 Tim

So, did Ray Lewis murder anyone last night after the game?